This album is part of a series of recordings of Prokofiev's complete piano concertos, featuring Vadym Kholodenko (Gold Medalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition) and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
Performer Biography
Vadym Kholodenko, the pianist on this recording, won the Gold Medal at the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2013.
Performer Biography
Vadym Kholodenko, the pianist, became the first-ever 'Artistic Partner' of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in the 2014/15 season, a three-year collaboration.
Instruments
The Concertmaster of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra performs on a 1710 Davis Stradivarius violin, and the Associate Concertmaster performs on a 1685 Eugenie Stradivarius violin.
Performer Biography
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, the conductor, is the Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the Chief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra/Oslo.
Performer Biography
Vadym Kholodenko, the pianist, was born in Kiev, Ukraine in 1986 and began his studies at the Mykola Lysenko Special Music School.
Recording & Production
The recordings for this album were made live in October 2014 (Concerto No. 2) and March 2015 (Concerto No. 5) at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas.
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